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When Your Retirement Security Could Enable Your Adult Child

I have enough money to retire but my adult son is struggling and I do not know if helping him more will help him grow up or keep him dependent forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Financial capacity creates moral complexity around when help becomes harm in relationships.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money in your 50s and 60s — the pre-retirement decade?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.